Originally Posted by
dirk85
Can't believe there were so many shares floating on the open market and that they could be bought without skyrocketing the price, so the question is, who sold those shares to the Dutch government?
Capital Group
28 million shares for €13,355 per share. 84 cents more then the market value at the time. An offer the Americans could not refuse: They bought them for around €9, a year earlier.